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The level of relatedness affects self/nonself discrimination inEucalyptus urophyllaseedlings

Suzana Chiari Bertoli,D. Neris,H. Sala,W. L. Vieira,G. M. Souza

Published 2020 in Canadian Journal of Forest Research

ABSTRACT

Plants can develop differentially because of their ability of self/nonself discrimination and the degree of kinship among them. Here, we evaluate the ability of self/nonself discrimination of Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake roots in plant groups with different levels of relatedness. We used three plant groups: clonal, half-siblings, and population. Split-root plants were grown in pots containing either two roots of the same plant (SD) or of two different plants (NSD). The growth of root and leaves of the half-siblings and population plants was decreased in NSDin relation to SD, whereas this response was not observed in the clonal group. The multivariate analysis indicated that there was a progressive increase in plant responses likely caused by competitive interaction of roots, as the level of relatedness between individuals was lower. Our results suggest that the group of clonal plants minimized the competitive interaction among them, indicating low ability to discriminate from each other. However, half-sibling and populational plants reduced growth as a result of root competition, showing high capacity of self discrimination. Thus, a minimum degree of genetic variation between plants seems necessary for kin recognition to be expressed.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2020

  • Venue

    Canadian Journal of Forest Research

  • Publication date

    2020-01-30

  • Fields of study

    Biology, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1139/cjfr-2019-0376
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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